Fiber/Scientific Data
2010 | Shearing Weight: 4.8 lbs |
2009 | Shearing Weight: 3.8 lbs |
Fio's Daphne
Suri, Female, Proven | White
ARI# 31093125, D.O.B. 9/27/2007, 1/2 Peruvian, 1/2 Bolivian
Sire: Fiorenza of PVA ARI#
806088 Bay Black Fiorenza of PVA, son of Kobe & grandson of two-time Futurity Herdsire of the Year, Mahogany Prince, has it all! This is one of the males we have chosen to breed our Captain Morgan females to. A full Peruvian and full 4th generation suri on both sides of his pedigree, "Fio" has the genotype AND the phenotype to qualify for our breeding philosophy - breed the best to the best to produce the next generation, always striving for that "perfect alpaca"!!
Fiorenza exhibits exceptional luster and carries a uniform, wavy lock with good density. A very soft fleece with a silky handle and that "greasy" feel, it just begs to be touched! Fineness and that soft feel in blacks don't typically go hand in hand - that is what drew us to Fio in the first place.
Fio has 39 cria on the ground, all suris, with 32 of them being darker then medium fawn! In addition, 15 of them have been black. If your breeding program dictates dark colors and SURI crias, check out this boy. As with all suri breedings to Wings & A Prayer suri herdsires, we guarantee a suri cria or we will rebreed your dam to any herdsire we own. We've never had to honor that guarantee!
Dam: Dama Lustrar ARI#
121299 White Bolivian - Dama was one of the best females we had on our farm! She was a female producer and always had the most carefree deliveries, nursed multiple crias, and always had an abundance of milk for her cria.
Description
Daphne is an exceptional young female ready to start carrying on her dam's production record. Dama Lustrar, her dam, passed away when Daphne was just 3 months old. But, having a birth weight of just 11 lbs., Daphne weighed 41 lbs. at 3 months of age when we lost her mom and wouldn't take any bottle or supplement! She has thrived from day one and is a testament to her dam's nurturing and mothering traits.
Dama, her dam, produced 11 cria in her lifetime, 9 of them being females. The females have proven the heritability of good milk production and mothering qualities. We expect Daphne to be no different.
Daphne has a very bright fleece with tiny pencilling and good locking and staple length. Very straight conformation complete her package.
Daphne (and her dam) were owned by my 85 yr. mom and she chose to not breed a lot of her females. Daphne's only cria, Lily of the Valley, was a gorgeous, dense-fleeced beige female. She sheared 5.2 lbs. at less than a year old.
The purchase of Daphne gives you the opportunity to breed her to any of our proven herdsires for 1/2 off their listed breeding fee. Or, if you choose to breed them to one of our up and coming junior herdsires, breeding fee is $500/each with your purchase.